Archives for March 18, 2009
How to Make a Republican Firing Squad
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 First, draw a circle. Then, assemble your most incompetent boobs and make sure anyone who is competent you undermine. Such as the case of RNC Chairman Tom Steele … keep him in power only long enough to demonstrate (because you’ve totally undermined him) that his sort should be avoided in the future, once and for…
Scotland Police Totally Screw The Pooch
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 Police officers in northern Scotland have been accused of vandalising a Bronze Age site through ignorance after they removed bones and textiles from the 4,000-year-old burial chamber, apparently because they thought they were investigating a crime scene. The burial chamber, or cist, was discovered intact, in a field near Oykel Bridge in Sutherland. The area…
Minnesota Republicans Attack Gays
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 … with their continued effort to get a constitutional amendment in place that would ban same-sex marriage. This is partly in response to Democratic efforts to abrogate the radical right’s previously passed “Defense of Marriage” law. Abrogation of that piece of legislation via the legislature or a court decision would make marriage more or less…
What can boys and girls aspire to in science?
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 According to this film, lifted from ABATC I made a list using whatever gender cues were given of what was seemingly suggesed for boys vs. girls to aspire to. No great surprizes. Well, actually, there are few slightly surprising items on the girls’ list. 1
False Starts and Cold Snaps
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 False starts and cold snaps. A sign of warm weather followed by an icy slap in the face. That’s a Minnesota spring. Native Minnesotans pretend this does not bother them, but it does. I can see it in their eyes, and every now and then someone will let out a plaintive wail or even just…
50 Successful Open Source Projects That Are Changing Medicine
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 Open source healthcare is forging forward quickly on the Internet. But, fast developments often produce many failures. But, many medicinal open source projects that have gained success development. This success shows that open source alone is not the solitary factor in development. Instead, look to great management, public relations, marketing and a sound program that…
Gnome vs. KDE
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 No, this is not a post about which one is better. Not yet, anyway. I just want to mention that today, March 18th, the next version of Gnome is expected to come out, and yesterday, March 17th, I finished my personal test run of KDE 4.whatever. I like KDE … the new version …. to…
Flight Attendant Rap
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 Hat Tip Miss Cellania
Rhythms of a Winter Day
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 Hat Tip: Tim
Reef Tank and Marine Conservation Blog
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 Check out this community blog called “The Reef Tank” … which is increasingly focused on marine conservation and related issues. The Reef Tank
Economy + sucks = Linux 4TW
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 As has been predicted, with the economy in a down turn, businesses (and everybody) are abandoning sucky proprietary software for free and excellent OpenSource software … A February survey of IT managers by IDC indicated that hard times are accelerating the adoption of Linux. The open source operating system will emerge from the recession in…
Republican Circle Jerk Caught On Tape
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 Illegal aliens are swarming across the border of Michele Bachmann’s district. Which is on the border of …. nothing, actually, it is a ‘landlocked’ district. Uffda. Take a breather. OK, ready? Let’s keep going a minute more… Can you handle more? Probably not, and that’s OK. Nobody really can. But if you want, we’ve got…
Blogospherics
Posted by Greg Laden on March 18, 2009 To a museum, at certain stages of their process and at certain levels of activity, all objects are the same. For example. What would a Science Blogging Manifesto look like? Review: The State of the Planet’s Oceans Fossil Octopi from the Upper Cenomanian: Three New Species There is now an Atheist Blog Ranking System. I…
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